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stretch because that is a very political kind of thing. there is, however, a prize offered by the foundation for machines computing. it has now gone global. there is a chinese indian, the european council. i am former president of that organization. i am still serving in that role until the middle of 2016. the prize is called the tur touring award. that prize is $1 million. it is funded by google. we are proud to offer that through acm every year. i did get that price, along with bob, in 2004. so i feel more than adequately compensated. it was not $1 million back then, and they are doing it retroactively. [applause] i asked, but that didn t work. it is a coveted and very high recognition of contribution to the computer science community. i think that is more than enough. john hughes: how about a pound of applause for our speaker? [applause] i would also like to thank national press club staff including its realism institute and broadcast center, for organizing today s ....
return on investment from the research that we do, if we don t fund the research we lose that fund and investment. you probably have examples of human benefits from the scientific research, which is foregone human costs, and you probably also pay some attention to the country s global competitiveness in this field. if you could comment on those three areas on what you think is the payback for investment, or if you want to put it contrarily, not funding research. dr. collins: i appreciate the opportunity to talk about those consequences. put up another graph which reveals the difficulties that are present in this country beginning back in 2003. what i am showing you the opportunity that an investigator that comes to nih with their best ideas has of getting funded. most research done in this country and our nation s finest universities is supported by an age nih. that has been in the space of 25-35% success rate. 1-3. that means two thirds of the people are sent away. n ....
to take in 40,000 asylum seekers arriving in italy and greece. . and do animals have the same rights as humans? a court is asked to decide that. officials were arrested. the starting point of a scandal that s threatening. hello there. a warm welcome to the program. football s governing bold is being accused of ram pant and systemic corruption. seven top feverra top fifa executives were arrested, charged with bribes of $100 million. and separately, switzerland has start it s own criminal investigation into mismanagement and money laundering. with the world cup tournament between rush and qatar in 2022. the president, who is not under investigation, admitted that the world organization faced a difficult time. and anyone proven to corrupt would be removed from the game. it will go on friday as planned, despite calls. it came after no warning and after a shock, there will abe surprise. criminal allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. they were expe ....
i saw it. that look that he had on his face and i could close my eyes and see him on the stretcher right now. i can see him putting his hand up and his eyes. i close my and i can see it. i will never forget that first case. realitybringing me to about what was going on here. tent, theot into the initial triage and we see him and he goes into the tent and everybody goes to work. the other team goes to work. we got pulled in. myself and my colleague that wrote the foreword. becausegot pulled in the other team wanted us to begin right away. they do not want us to be bystanders. they said you have to get involved right away. once they did that and pulled us in, it was like a joke. it was like, wake up. you have to act. you have to be a doctor. you have to be a surgeon thomas a care provider. you have to dismiss your emotions. you have to cut that away. that away. you have one objective say this guy s life. you have to stop the bleeding. you can get him back home to his ....
this sunday is world aids day. in view of the fact that one in five people with hiv in this country does not know that they have it, does the prime minister agree that regular testing is to be encouraged? i pay tribute to my hon. friend, all hon. members across the house and everyone in politics who campaign so persistently and consistently on this issue. it is vital that we improve the livelihoods of people who have hiv and aids in the uk, but it is also vital that we continue working internationally, including through our aid budget, to tackle hiv and aids around the world. we can be proud of the money that we have put into things such as the global fund and of the fact that this country has achieved the target of 0.7% of gross national income, when many other countries have broken their promises. the prime minister is very keen to encourage energy users to switch providers to get the best tariff. why has it been so difficult over the past three years to switch mo ....